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Football legend Cris Carter is certainly comfortable talking to crowds of people. The easy back-and-forth banter between Carter, the National Football League (NFL) Hall of Fame wide receiver, and the crowd was clearly the highlight of the recent Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Second Men's Sports Night. Carter didn't make a long speech as the featured guest speaker at the St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton on Nov. 19, choosing instead to tell a little bit about himself and then to open the floor up to questions about his life as a former NFL football player and current NFL television and radio broadcaster. What came across loud and clear is just how much...

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